Socket

Abstract

A socket includes socket body having a first end formed with a connecting recess, a second end formed with a driving recess and a mediate portion formed with a separation portion which is located between the connecting recess and the driving recess and is formed with an auxiliary driving hole which is connected between the connecting recess and the driving recess. Thus, the socket can be driven by a socket wrench and a screwdriver, thereby enhancing the versatility of the socket, and thereby facilitating a user operating the socket.

1 . A socket, comprising:
 a socket body having a first end formed with a connecting recess, a second end formed with a driving recess and a mediate portion formed with a separation portion which is located between the connecting recess and the driving recess and is formed with an auxiliary driving hole which is connected between the connecting recess and the driving recess; wherein   the auxiliary driving hole is extended through the separation portion;   the auxiliary driving hole has multiple sides;   any two adjacent sides of the auxiliary driving hole form an angled structure   the auxiliary driving hole has a center aligning with an axis of the socket body;   the auxiliary driving hole has a non-circular shape.   
   
   
       2 . (canceled) 
   
   
       3 . (canceled) 
   
   
       4 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary driving hole has a substantially hexagonal shape. 
   
   
       5 . (canceled) 
   
   
       6 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary driving hole has a substantially square shape. 
   
   
       7 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary driving hole has a substantially triangular shape. 
   
   
       8 . (canceled) 
   
   
       9 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary driving hole has a substantially plum blossom shape. 
   
   
       10 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary driving hole has a substantially star shape. 
   
   
       11 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the connecting recess, the auxiliary driving hole and the driving recess are arranged in an axial direction of the socket body. 
   
   
       12 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the separation portion is perpendicular to the axial direction of the socket body. 
   
   
       13 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the separation portion has a thickness extending along the axial direction of the socket body, and the auxiliary driving hole is extended through the whole thickness of the separation portion. 
   
   
       14 . (canceled) 
   
   
       15 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the non-circular auxiliary driving hole allows insertion of a non-circular tip of a screwdriver, so that the non-circular auxiliary driving hole of the socket body and the non-circular tip of the screwdriver are combined together, and the socket body is driven and rotated by the screwdriver. 
   
   
       16 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the connecting recess has a square shape. 
   
   
       17 . The socket in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the driving recess has a hexagonal shape. 
   
   
       18 . A socket, comprising:
 a socket body having a first end formed with a connecting recess, a second end formed with a driving recess and a mediate portion formed with a separation portion which is located between the connecting recess and the driving recess and is formed with at least one auxiliary driving hole which is connected between the connecting recess and the driving recess; wherein   the auxiliary driving hole has a substantially flat shape;   the auxiliary driving hole is extended through the separation portion;   the auxiliary driving hole has a center aligning with an axis of the socket body.   
   
   
       19 . The socket in accordance with  claim 18 , wherein the separation portion is formed with two flat-shaped auxiliary driving holes;
 the auxiliary driving holes intersect each other and have an intersecting position aligning with the axis of the socket body.   
   
   
       20 . The socket in accordance with  claim 18 , wherein the separation portion is formed with four flat-shaped auxiliary driving holes;
 the auxiliary driving holes intersect each other and have an intersecting position aligning with the axis of the socket body.